Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
2,039,093 
1,828,946 
99,742 
73,568 
acres 
810,233,654 
562,433,686 
118,713,189 
98,087,194 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
101,372 
60,236 
38,326 
36,045 
acres 
85,976,552 
32,630,511 
44,202,934 
41,842,198 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
1,828,946 
1,828,946 
_ 
_ 
acres 
562,433,686 
562,433,686 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
137,987 
- 
137,987 
98,911 
acres 
156,076,785 
- 
156,076,785 
128,378,262 
Registered under state law 
farms 
98,911 
- 
98,911 
98,911 
acres 
128,378,262 
- 
128,378,262 
128,378,262 
Corporation 
farms 
106,716 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
131,272,892 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
95,142 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
118,795,904 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2,308 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
92,834 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
1 1 ,574 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
12,476,988 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
1,136 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
10,438 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
35,654 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
64,744,294 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
566,469 
427,576 
61,099 
47,859 
workers 
2,736,417 
1,369,038 
490,740 
430,708 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
256,887 
161,213 
39,182 
32,491 
workers 
999,596 
370,471 
214,936 
192,097 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
418,055 
327,977 
40,668 
31,259 
workers 
1,736,821 
998,567 
275,804 
238,611 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
18,911 
10,953 
3,503 
2,991 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3,360 
2,623 
389 
317 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
892,842 
783,995 
56,812 
40,238 
workers 
2,062,011 
1,798,118 
141,875 
100,705 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
223,634 
201,220 
8,872 
6,393 
1 0 to 49 acres 
589,549 
536,701 
23,851 
16,362 
50 to 69 acres 
153,698 
138,868 
7,331 
4,938 
70 to 99 acres 
184,942 
166,934 
9,206 
6,016 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
166,381 
148,544 
9,310 
6,030 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
129,026 
113,789 
7,958 
5,329 
180 to 219 acres 
84,317 
73,761 
5,604 
3,722 
220 to 259 acres 
63,636 
55,017 
4,625 
3,137 
260 to 499 acres 
198,085 
166,807 
16,477 
1 1 ,597 
500 to 999 acres 
142,555 
112,707 
14,959 
11,301 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
91,273 
65,504 
12,308 
9,742 
2,000 acres or more 
82,207 
49,094 
17,486 
14,344 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
369,332 
309,380 
30,577 
22,045 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
43,021 
35,821 
3,190 
2,499 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
93,020 
72,716 
8,981 
7,565 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
52,777 
37,278 
4,252 
3,592 
Other crop farming (1119) 
496,837 
433,189 
31,605 
21,924 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
5,132 
4,482 
435 
236 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
8,915 
6,656 
1,464 
1,141 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
482,790 
422,051 
29,706 
20,547 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
619,172 
564,228 
32,399 
20,875 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
13,734 
10,996 
1,306 
990 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
46,005 
35,538 
6,797 
5,383 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
21,687 
17,526 
1,596 
1,272 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
52,849 
45,670 
2,906 
2,172 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
73,272 
68,821 
2,488 
1,541 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
227,597 
197,783 
1 1 ,890 
9,053 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
913,246 
813,425 
57,787 
39,288 
number 
89,994,614 
54,521,638 
17,373,447 
14,620,143 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
243,071 
228,162 
8,239 
5,113 
1 0 to 49 
394,222 
362,559 
19,048 
1 1 ,749 
50 to 99 
118,394 
104,562 
8,466 
5,555 
100 to 199 
76,729 
63,875 
7,762 
5,431 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
162 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
